Whitebark Stream now it’s quarter to three

Kiyoshi voice came as a shock. The whelp was unaware he was being followed up until now. Though he didn’t mind his brother’s company, he wasn’t very happy with his pessimistic attitude.

Toshi looked over his shoulder. He couldn’t face turn to face his brother, cause then he probably would fall. That wasn’t gonna happen today.

Nuh-uh! He looked up and shook his head. Watch!

Alright, time to do it again. Like before, there wasn’t much distance between himself and the second rock. This should be a piece of cake! Toshi puffed out his chest and took a deep breath. There was a competitive rush inside him that hadn’t been there before. He wanted to prove Kiyoshi wrong.

1... 2... 3... Leap!

That was a big mistake. Big big mistake. Toshi didn’t make the graceful landing he anticipated. His paws slipped out from underneath him and he ended toppling into the stream. Thank god he was still at the shallow end because this could’ve ended up 10x worse.

When Toshi stood up he was knee-deep in the water. That and his paw hurt. But he wasn’t concerned about that right now. He needed to get up on that rock.

Don’t look! he cried, as if that’d erase the slip-up from Kiyoshi’s memory. The pup limped over to the rock and wiggled his way to the top. Hehehe. I deed it! He turned to his brother with a wide grin.

See? Piece of cake.